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10 Tips for Reducing Cancer Risk

While we can’t always prevent cancer, we can do things to help reduce the risk of developing it. Of course, we always hear: eat healthy foods, exercise, don’t smoke. But the message...

More on National Diabetes Month – Tips

Living with diabetes is more than taking insulin or medication. Those who have diabetes or know someone who does knows that living with diabetes is a lifestyle. Insulin or medications, like metformin...

Exercising Your Knee When it Hurts

It may seem to go against your instincts, but in some cases, supervised exercise when you have knee pain could be just what you need. A study in the Netherlands of 131 people with patellofemoral pain...

P&G Recall of Some of Vicks Products

P&G Voluntarily Recalls Specific Lots of Vicks Sinex Nasal Spray in the United States, Germany and the United Kingdom Press ReleaseCINCINNATI, Nov. 19/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — The...

Asthma May Lead to H1N1 Complications

Children who have asthma are at higher risk of developing problems if they contract the H1N1 flu, more so than if they have the seasonal flu, say researchers. Researchers in Toronto, Canada,...

Smoking & Bladder Cancer Connection

It’s been known for a while that smoking increases the risk of developing bladder cancer. Actually, it’s the highest risk factor – smokers are twice as likely to develop bladder...

Mental Illness & Heart Disease

Mental illness is associated with many issues. People with mental illnesses are often marginalized in society, pushed aside and ignored, or ridiculed. Some people with mental illness manage well with...

Don’t Use Nasal Saline Irrigation Every Day

Stuffy noses with a cold are annoying. Stuffy noses almost all the time is even more annoying. So what to do? Many people turn to nasal saline (salt water) rinses or irrigations or they use neti...

Depression and Osteoporosis Connection

Women who are diagnosed with clinical depression may have a higher risk of developing osteoporosis, say researchers in Israel. There has been a suspicion that there is a connection between depression...

Cataract Surgery: Most Common World Wide

Your eye is a complicated body part; if all the parts don’t work properly, your vision is affected. Part of your eye is the lens, which is the clear part that allows the eye to focus light or...